Journal-box and lid.



No. 864,738. PATENTED AUG. 27, 1907.

G. G. HAWLEY.

JOURNAL. BOX AND LID.

uruouzou FILED IA! 10, 1901.

CHARLES GILBERT HAWLEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. I

JOURNAL-BOX AND LID.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 2'7, 1907.

Original application filed October 26,1906, Serial No. 340,684. Dividedand this application filed May 16,1907. Serial No. 873,899.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES GILBERT HAWLEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and'a resident of the city of Chicago, county of Cook, and Stateof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inJournal-Boxes and Lids, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art towhich it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in journal boxes for railway cars,and has special reference to improvements in spring pressed lids forsuch journal boxes.

This is a divisional application, the subject matter whereof having beenfirst presented in my pending application, Serial Number 340,684, filedOctober 26,

1906 and entitled Journal box and lid.

The object of my present invention is to provide a journal box with aflat imperiorate lid, that shall be adapted to close the opening of thebox and which shall be equipped with an external spring capable offirmly seating the lid upon the box and also adapted to hold the lid inraised or opened position.

My invention consists generally in a journal box, preferably of theMaster Car Builders type, having the usual hinge lug and hinge pin atits top, in combination with a flat iinperiorate lid hinged upon saidpin, an initially straight leaf spring having its lower end fixed uponthe outer face of said lid and its upper end initially pressed, andpressing, against said hinge lug to hold the lid in closed and openedposition; all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed out inthe claims.

The invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification and inwhich;

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a journal box and lid embodying myinvention, the upper portion of the hood or spring protector beingbroken away to disclose the hinge lug on the box and the upper end ofthe spring; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line x-x of Fig. l; andFig. 3 is a similar sectional view, showing the lid as it appears whenremoved from the box and before the spring is fastened upon the lid.

As shown in the drawings, A represents a journal box having a hinge lug,B, on its top. This box is identical with the well known boxesdenominated as of the Master Car Builders type and its lug, B, has thecharacteristic form, presenting fiat surfaces, B and B upon its outerface and top.

0 represents a flat imperforate plate or lid preferably having inner andouter flanges, C, to fit the rectangular seat on the end of the box. Theupper edge of the plate, 0, is provided with two hinge lugs, 0 and thehinge lugs B and C are joined by the usual horizontal hinge pin, D. Thusthe lid is adapted to be raised and lowered to open and close thejournal box. The lid proper, i. e., the plate portion, G, contains noopenings, and it is obvious that it will effectually exclude dust fromthe journal box when closed.

For holding the lid closed and also in opened position, I employ thepeculiar spring, E. This is a leaf spring. It is initially straight andits lower end is provided with a hole, E, to receive a rivet, F. Theface of the lid, C, is provided with a boss or projection, G, containing a rivet hole, G. The outer surface, G oi the projection, G, isinclined at a greater angle than that formed by the fiat spring, withthe latter resting at the lower edge of the projection, G, and upon theupper edge of the lid. Further, when the rivet, F, is placed in theopening and there riveted, the lower end of the spring is drawn downupon the top of the projection, G, in the manner shown in Fig. 2. Whenit is positioned the spirng presses firmly against the upper edge of thelid and is initially and strongly tensioned. It will now be obvious thatwhen the lid, equipped with such a spring, is placed upon the journalbox and there secured by means of the hinge pin, D, the spring will bestill further tensioned by reason of the further projection of its upperend through contact with the lug, B, in the box.

,H represents the hood or spring protector, extending from a point abovethe free end of the spring to a point adjacent to the projection, G. Alarge opening, H, is left at the lower end of the hood for the dischargeof dust and cinders that may fall therein. I prefer, also, that theprojection, G, shall be narrower than the spring and hood for a similarreason, as shown in Fig. 1.

As various modifications of my invention will readily suggest themselvesto one skilled in the art, I do not confine my invention to the specificconstructions herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A journal box lid, comprising an iinperforate plate having hinge lugson its upper edge, in combination with a single initially straight leafspring, said plate having a projection or thickness of metal beneath thelower end of said spring and a rivet securing the spring thereon andcausing its upper end to press against the upper edge of the lid,substantially as described.

2. A journal box lid comprising an imperforate plate having hinge lugson its upper edge, in combination with a single, initially straight leafspring, said plate having a projection or thickness of metal at thelower end 'of said spring, said projection presenting an upwardly andinwardly inclined surface whereon the lower end of said spring is held,the upper part of the spring pressing against the upper edge of the lid,substantially as de scribed 3. A journal box lid comprising a flat,imperforate plate having hinge lugs on its upper edge and provided witha projection, G, the latter having its outer surface inclined upwardlyand inwardly, an initially straight leaf spring having its lower endriveted upon said projection, said spring presenting a convex side tothe lid and pressing against the upper edge thereof, substantially asdescribed.

at. A journal box lid comprising a flat, imperforate plate having hingelugs on its upper edge and provided with a centrally located projection,G, the latter having a surface, G, occupying a plane which intersectsthe surface of the lid beneath the upper edge thereof, an initiallystraight leaf spring and a rivet passing through the spring and lid andsecuring the spring on said projection in such manner that the spring isbowed toward the plate and pressed against the upper edge thereof,substantially as described.

5. A journal box lid comprising a flat imperforate plate and havinghinge lugs on its upper edge, a single, initially straight leaf springsecured upon the outer surface of the plate in a manner to bow thespring toward said plate and press it against the upper edge of theplate and a spring hood covering the upper part of the spring,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, this 30th day ofApril, 1907, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES GILBERT HAWLEY.

Witnesses M. SIMON, JOHN R. Lnrmvnn.

